1 Samuel 20:40:51 Sam.20.40.W5TAB
אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ
asherlo
“who belonged to him or which was to him”
- Transliteration
- a-SHER-lo
- Extended
- ah-SHEHR-loh
- IPA
- /ʔăˈʃɛr.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- who belonged to him or which was to him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-SHER-lo
- clause
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo
- sentence
va-yit-TEN ye-ho-NA-tan et-KE-lav el-ha-NA-ar a-SHER-lo va-yo-MER LO LEKH ha-VE ha-IR
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive imperfect vayomer {וַיֹּאמֶר | va-yō-mer} ‘and he said’ introduces direct speech with lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’ as the addressee.
In context — 1 Samuel 20:40
And Jonathan gave his weapons to the boy and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 20:40:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Samuel 20:40, so the Hebrew word אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ (asherlo) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.20.40.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.20.40.W5.S1) and character.